Prosecutor says Oquendo used shopping bag to kill stepdaughter

Prosecutor says Oquendo used shopping bag to kill stepdaughter

A prosecutor told jurors Tuesday murder defendant Johnny Oquendo used a plastic shopping bag to strangle 21-year-old stepdaughter Noel Alkaramla, put her lifeless remains in a suitcase and dumped it in the Hudson River “like a piece of trash.”

In a macabre opening statement, Assistant District Attorney Andy Botts said Oquendo, 40, took the Hannaford bag and twisted it “until he essentially had a plastic rope” to choke Alkaramla in his apartment at 170 Third St. on Nov. 22, 2015